The final car ahead of the SD70ACe DPU at the back of this oil train are about to roll by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. The detector will reveal that there are no defects for this train, and the crew can continue on their journey west toward Bond, the next crew change point. The train itself will continue on to Wash, UT to be loaded.
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There is barely a cloud in the sky as this oil empty approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Indeed, there hasn't really been any significant cloud coverage along the Front Range since Sunday. Since then, it has been dry, hot, and still as there has been hardly any wind.
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The two GEs on the point of this westbound oil empty, a C44ACM and an ES44AC, are indifferent to summer heat radiating off the ground as the train carries a long string of tank cars. The cars will be loaded at the transload facility in Wash, UT, just a few miles east of the town of Price.
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Two GEs lead up this westbound empty oil train on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train has just made the climb up and around Big Ten Curve, with the tail end still on the south edge. You can see the tracks leading west out of Rocky toward Big Ten Curve to the left.
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A westbound oil train makes it's way west through Little Ten Curve, out the west switch of Rocky, and climbing up to Big Ten Curve. In just a matter of minutes, the train will be on the main track in the foreground (the main is closest to the camera).
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The shutter fired just a moment too late, almost cutting off part of the nose on AMTK 157 and the westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The train experiences over three hours of delays in the mid-west due to extreme weather and downed trees.
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Running 3 1/2 hours late out of Denver, the Zephyr is climbing toward Tunnel 1 in 92°F (33°C) temperatures on its journey westbound.
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A scene from above Eisele (Clay) finds the westbound Zephyr running just about 3 1/2 hours late. The train is on the main and should have no need to stop again before its scheduled station stop in Fraser. Note the tracks to the left, just west of Rocky, leading up to Big Ten Curve.
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The California Zephyr blasts out of the west end of Leyden, right around track speed at 60 MPH. The Zephyr just overtook a westbound oil train, and you can see the conductor from the oil train headed back to the cab of the lead unit after giving the Zephyr a roll by.
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This westbound oil empty just came out of Denver and had to pull over at Leyden, the first siding west of town. The train will be briefly delayed as it waits for a late Zephyr, currently on its way out of Denver around North Yard.
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Following not too far behind a work train, this hyrailer is also looking alongside the rails, perhaps helping the MOW crew to let them know if any unneeded tie plate were properly collected. He is also likely just performing his normal patrol functions, looking for things like heat kinks or broken rails.
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This work train is slowly moving to the east, away from the camera, as the crane operator picks up tie plates from the right-of-way that will not be needed for the upcoming rail replacement right here. Note the makeshift tent covering part of teh last car.
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A ton (quite literally) of steel tie plates are piled up in this open gondola. The tie plates are new, but are not needed here at this spot on the main. You can see the tie plates that will be installed here, laying along the ties beneath the train.
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A UP crane operator sits atop a gondola, collecting tie plates from along the right-of-way. The crane has an electromagnet attached to the end, and the controller can activate the magnet to pick up tie plates, then turn off the magnet to drop them into the gondola.
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A single AC4400CW is the power on a work train on the main between Leyden and Rocky. Similar to road construction, maintenance on the railroad tends to be nonstop.
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